Monday, May 11, 2015

Freightliner Autonomous Truck First Licensed for U.S. Highways

“Thank you for looking at the impossible and
finding a safe way to make it possible."

That's what Nevada Gov. Brian Sondoval said
to Daimler Trucks North America officials when he officially granted the first
license for an autonomous commercial truck to operate on an open public highway
in the United
States.
"Today we come together to celebrate innovation, safety and the
future."Reporters from around the world were shown
the new license plate with great fanfare. However, they got only a glimpse of
the new autonomous truck, dubbed the Freightliner Inspiration Truck, before it
drove away at the event at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Tuesday, its nose still
camouflaged. A special event in the evening will bring more details."Never has there been such a truck on
public roads until today," said DTNA President and CEO Martin Daum.The truck left the Speedway with Gov. Sandoval as a passenger in the inaugural
trip in autonomous mode, with Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, head of Daimler Trucks
& Buses, at the controls.“Nevada is proud to be making transportation history today
by hosting the first U.S. public highway drive for a licensed autonomous
commercial truck," said Gov. Sandoval. "The application of this
innovative technology to one of America’s most important industries will have a lasting
impact on our state and help shape the New Nevada economy."The Nevada Department of Motor
Vehicles has been closely monitoring the advancements being made in autonomous
vehicle development and reviewed DTNA’s safety, testing and training plans
before granting permission for this demonstration of the Freightliner
Inspiration Truck.”Nevada was selected as the demonstration location because
it is one of four states, plus the District of Columbia, with laws regulating autonomous vehicle operation. Nevada legislation passed in 2011 and 2013 regulates the
testing and operation of autonomous vehicles. The legislation includes
commercial trucks and sets standards specifying the number of miles an
autonomous vehicle must have been tested in certain conditions before it can be
granted a license to be driven in Nevada.Daimler obtained a special permit from the
Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles to operate the Freightliner Inspiration
Truck on public roads near Las Vegas
after supplying state officials with detailed information on the safety systems
in the truck and the training program for the drivers.In July of last year, Daimler Trucks
provided the world´s first demonstration of an autonomous truck in action when
the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 drove along a cordoned-off section of the
A14 autobahn near Magdeburg.Bernhard explained that the Inspiration
Truck will allow the driver to take his feet off the pedals and his hands off
the steering wheel, similar to an airplane. "Still the driver still
monitors and is in charge of what happens," he said in response to a
reporter's question. "The system is much easier for him, is much less
fatiguing, and makes his life and his job much more attractive."A step in the future, he said, would be to
get the driver off his monitoring task and allow him to do other things, he
said, but that's further out.The only infrastructure needed for efficient
operation of the autonomous Inspiration Truck, Bernhard said, are good stripes
and lane markings so the truck's camera can see them.Daum emphasized that this is "the very
first step" and that there will be hundreds more steps before we see
autonomous vehicles being mass-produced and driving coast to coast. For one
thing, he said, before that can happen, "the liability question has to be
addressed by regulators, and we will bring very good arguments" to that
process, he said.

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